436 DR. G. E. POST: DIAGNOSES 
racemes, short pedicels, deflexed in fruit, calyx-lobes scarcely 
longer than nucules, and deep blackish-brown flowers. 
ALKANNA ORIENTALIS, Linn., var. INTEGRIFOLIA. Folia integra 
margine non undulata. . 
Hab. prope el-Kufr, ditionis Alsadami (vulgo Jebel Quléb). 
Corolla 3 inch long, 8 broad ; nucules 14 line broad. 
A. MEGACARPA, A. DO., var. SHATTUCKIA. Flores violacei 6-7 
lineas lati; indumentum typo mollius—A very pretty variety. 
Further study with better specimens may entitle it to specific rank. 
TricHopEsMA BorssiERI. Perenne, totum molliter sericeo- 
velutinum cinereum superne subpannosum, caulibus ascendenti- 
bus superne corymboso-paniculatis, foliis oppositis oblongis vel 
oblongo-lanceolatis integris acutiusculis, inferioribus in petiolum 
brevi attenuatis, superioribus sessilibus cordato-amplexicaulibus, 
racemis paucifloris terminalibus, bracteolis lineari-lanceolatis, 
pedicellis calyce 2-3plo longioribus demum cernuis, floribus pol- 
licaribus latis, calycis floriferi laciniis lanceolatis acuminatis, 
coroll; lobis a basi rotundata ovatis acuminatis reflexis, antheris 
extus parte inferiore breviter cano-pannosis. 2 
Hab. inter ruinas templi Qosr-el-' Abd ad ’Araq-el Amir, diti- 
onis Moab; floret Aprili et Maio. 
Near T. molle, DC., but differs from it in more velvety indu- 
mentum, longer pedicels, but especially in the short white pannous 
indumentum of the anthers. 
A foot or more high, lower leaves 2] inches long, 1 broad ; the 
upper gradually diminishing. 
Paracaryum REUTERI, Boiss. et Haussk., var. LEIOCARPA. 
Nucule glabre ; stylus fructu sub duplo brevior. 
Hab. prope Qaldün in Damasci planitie; floret Aprili. 
XV. SCROPHULARIACE. 
VrRBAsCUM BamnaEXxr. Bienne, lana detersile pannosum 
flavidum, caule simplice vel parce ramoso, ramis longis 1-2- 
pedalibus, foliis radicalibus petiolatis ellipticis magnis crenato- 
serratis supra sparse stellato pubescentibus caulinis... floribus 
glomeratis spicam longam densam formantibus, pedicellis calyce 
squilongis et longioribus, calyce fere ad basin in lacinias lineares 
acutas partito, corolla flava extus hirta, capsulis calyce brevioribus. 
-Hab. in cacumine montis Amani supra Hassan Beyley ; floret 
Augusto. 
(Sect. II. § 5 Lychnitidea **, Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. 299), distinguish- 
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